The Veteran's bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability is granted as incurred in service, and the issues of tinnitus, erectile dysfunction, and prostate cancer have been withdrawn.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran’s right and left ear hearing loss was at least as likely as not caused by or a result of an event in military service due to his reported noise exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral sensorineural hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20069675
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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